Math Vocabulary Quiz

What does the term "Compare" mean in mathematics?

• To find the sum of two numbers

• To describe the relationship between the value or size of two numbers or quantities

• To multiply two numbers

• To divide one number by another

What is a "Coordinate Plane"?

• A single line graph

• A two-dimensional space formed by two perpendicular number lines called x and y axis

• A three-dimensional space with x, y, and z axes

• A circle with a radius

What does "Equivalent" mean?

• Having different values

• Having the same value

• Being less than another value

• Being greater than another value

What is a "Quotient"?

• The result of addition

• The result of subtraction

• The result of division

• The result of multiplication

Compare

• 1. the result of division.

• 1. ratios that express the same comparison.

• 1. to write an equivalent measurement using a different unit (ex: feet to inches)

• 1.  the number below the line in a fraction that tells the number of equal parts in the whole.

What is a decimal?

• 1. the number above the line in a fractions that tells the number of equal parts that are being described.

• 1. a number containing a decimal point that separates a whole from fractional place values (tenths, hundredths, thousandths)

• 1. the number below the line in a fraction that tells the number of equal parts in the whole.

• 1.  a way of comparing quantities. Can compare part to part or part to whole. Uses language like “for every” or “for each”.

Denominator

• 1.  the number below the line in a fraction that tells the number of equal parts in the whole.

• 1. the number above the line in a fractions that tells the number of equal parts that are being described.

•  the result of division

• 1. the value you need to find to solve a problem. Usually represented with a variable

Equivalent

• 1.  the numerical part of a rate. For the ratio a:b, the unit rate is the quotient of a/b.

• 1.  having the same value

• 1. ratios that express the same comparison.

• the result of division

Equivalent Ratios

• 1. a ratio that compares the number of units of one quantity to 1 unit of another quantity

• 1.  the result of division.

• 1. a number that names equal parts of a whole. A fraction names a point on the number line and can also represent the division of two numbers.

• ratios that express the same comparison.

Fractions

• 1.  the result of division.

• 1. a part of numbers (x,y) that describes the location of a point in the coordinate plane.

• 1. a number that names equal parts of a whole. A fraction names a point on the number line and can also represent the division of two numbers.

• 1. meaning “for each” or “for every”. The word per can be used to express unit rate such as $2 per pound.